Naked Protesters Occupy John Boehner's House Office — (Image Credit: Susan Walshe / AP Photo) — Some protesters dropped trou to launch a protest at House Speaker John Boehner's office in the Longworth House Office building in Washington. — U.S. Capitol Police public information …

Reasons to be encouraged about fiscal cliff's endgame — Now this is encouraging. I'm told that representatives of major unions and progressive groups met privately this morning with senior Obama administration officials at the White House — and were pleased with what they heard.

The other fiscal fight — President Barack Obama made a demand of House Speaker John Boehner near the end of their first White House meeting on the fiscal cliff: Raise the debt limit before year's end. — Boehner responded: “There is a price for everything.”

Harry Reid puts his finger on the ‘nuclear option’ button — So here's today's update in the slow, inexorable march towards filibuster reform: Democrats took yet another step in the direction of changing the rules by a simple majority vote — i.e., exercising the dreaded “nuclear option.”

OHIO SENATE PUTS END TO ‘HEARTBEAT’ ABORTION BILL — You are here — Home » Julie Carr » Ohio Senate puts end to ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The leader of the Ohio Senate put a stop Tuesday to a bill that would have imposed the most stringent restriction on abortions in the nation.

Tom Ricks: Fox News ‘is making it up’ — Author Tom Ricks on Tuesday said Fox News is “making it up” that he apologized after slamming the network during an on-air interview as “operating as a wing of the Republican Party” and hyping Benghazi for political reasons.

Who Will Be the Next Treasury Secretary? This Guy! — President Obama walks with White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew in March on the South Lawn of the White House — I was considering doing a post with chin-stroking speculation about who the next Treasury secretary will be, but instead let me just tell you.

Idaho lawmaker shares ‘last chance’ idea to elect Romney — A state senator from north-central Idaho is touting a scheme that's been circulating on tea party blogs, calling for states that supported Mitt Romney to refuse to participate in the Electoral College in a move backers believe would change the election result.

Regarding Saxby Chambliss — Saxby Chambliss is waffling around like a dog off its leash for the first time. — He says he does not care about a “twenty year old pledge” he signed. He's talking about the Americans for Tax Reform pledge that says he pledges not to raise taxes.

House committee chairs all men — At the top of House committees, it's a man's world. — Not a single woman will lead any of the major House committees in the 113th Congress. — After a day of meetings closed to the public, the House Republican Steering Committee announced an all-male slate …

James Bond and the new sex appeal — In the new James Bond movie, “Skyfall,” Daniel Craig takes off his shirt and examines his wounds. There appear to be two of them — small holes on his skin from bullets fired at the beginning of the movie. He touches his wounds and winces.

Virginia Attorney General Suggests Obama Stole The Election … Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) told a radio host he completely agreed with her assertion that investigations are needed to determine why President Obama lost “every one” of the states with photo identification requirements for voting, yet won re-election.

Alan Simpson hopes Grover Norquist drowns in bathtub — Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wy.), one of the co-chairmen of the president's debt commission, joked Tuesday that he would like to see anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist drown in a bathtub. — The comment was a play on Norquist's famous statement …

Retirement watch: Will they stay or will they go? — The money game can also provide clues into senators' thinking — Cochran, Enzi, Idaho Sen. Jim Risch and Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns each had less than $350,000 in their war chests through the end of the third quarter.

The Next Real Estate Boom — How housing (yes, housing) can turn the economy around. — hat if there were a new economic engine for the United States that would put our people back to work without putting the government deeper in debt? What if that economic engine also improved …

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